Kamerun

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Kamerun
1884–1920
Service flag of the Colonial Office Coat of arms of the German Empire
Location of Kamerun: Green: Territory comprising German colony of Kamerun Dark grey: Other German territories Darkest grey: German Empire
Status	German colony
Capital	Jaunde
Common languages	German (official) Basaa Beti Duala Other local languages
Government	Colony
Governor
• 1884 (first)	Gustav Nachtigal
• 1914–1916 (last)	Karl Ebermaier
History
• Established	17 August 1884
• Disestablished	1920
Area
1910	495,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi)
1912	790,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1910	2,600,000
• 1912	4,645,000
Currency	German gold mark
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Bamum Mandara Kingdom Sokoto Caliphate Fondom of Bafut Kotoko kingdom French Equatorial Africa British Cameroon French Cameroon French Equatorial Africa
Today part of	Cameroon Nigeria Gabon Republic of the Congo Chad Central African Republic

Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1920 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern parts of Chad and far northeastern parts of Nigeria.